A mobilities approach to trekking: a 1978 trek to Hua Mae Kham, Northern Thailand Online publication date: Sat, 02-Jan-2016
by Erik Cohen
International Journal of Tourism Anthropology (IJTA), Vol. 4, No. 4, 2015
Abstract: The author's 1978 nine-day trek to hill tribe villages in the remote Mae Kham River Valley in the extreme northwest of Thailand is analysed, on the basis of excerpts from his diaries, in terms of Cresswell's mobilities approach. The trekking guide's choice of the route, and the representations, experiences and practices of the participants on the trek and in the villages, are examined in detail against the background of the unsettled conditions of the area at the time. The analysis leads to suggestions for the expansion of the conceptual framework of Cresswell's mobilities approach, and proposes the development of a systematic comparative analysis of mobility regimes.
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